How would you run the USSR military during the Cold War?

>>32288353
Embezzle a shitload of money then retire to Havana like everybody else

>>32288379
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>>32288379
You instantly made me want to play some Tropico for some reason.

>>32288353
Do a 360 degree turn and go full on anarcho capitalism and out-capitalise the US

>>32288353
Fuck Russia.

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>>32288353
>wait until 1986
>target all of the worlds cities in order from largest to smallest
>fire every single nuke simultaneously

Ayyyyy

>>32288353
Reduce military spending in R&D / standing forces (make use of reservists), reinvest it into actually growing the economy and turning other nations to communism.


The enemy won't try a conventional war, we have nukes and if they try a nuclear war, then our conventional forces are much less useful.


However, actually being able to support our people and shit? That is great and turning resource rich nations towards our cause will only result in our enemies growing weaker and us stronger.

>>32288353
Declare Nixon shock illegal act and BTFO US. In that particular time Soviets could do it and NATO was weak at weakest point.

>>32288353
backpack nukes, thousands of them smuggle them into the target countries through the diplomatic bag system and have them prepositioned.
*blam* or 'surrender or die, b.t.w NYC goes boom in 5 mins as a warning: do not retaliate'

>>32288353
>Be me
>Get together with the generals
>Discuss and devise experimental training practices for a year
>When done we prepare a plan for a decade of ultra-realistic training simulations
>Proceed to mobilize the population for ultra-realistic training simulations
>Turn small chunks of the country into training polygons
>Cities are built, fought in and destroyed, 5% mortality rate

>2 years later
>Engineers have the best equipment in the world thanks to advancements learned via trial and error
>Regular troops devise a series of new rifles for themselves, also other equipment
>Armored and Artillery corps done away with, tanks are light, cheap artillery pieces with anti-projectile measures
>Infantry/Armored AA units smaller, more compact and less traceable
>Larger AA units are completely mobile

>10 years later
>New military class
>Declare coup against the supreme soviet
>Government overthrown in an hour, no lives lost
>KGB dismantled
>Schools and Universities banned
>Military schools and apprenticeships brought in
>Kids leaving school now know how to survive anywhere in the world indefinitely, can fix any for of transport, can build their own homes, can fix any electrical appliance etc
>Army decentralized, and integrated with the government, people who can man a certain piece of equipment are given licenses in school, after which they can purchase government surplus equipment or second hand pieces from selling individuals
>Every town has full arms manufacturing capabilities of their own

>>32288353

>focus on nuke delivery system and intercept. Never plan or fund projects to fight a ground war with NATO
>create small specialized task forces to deal with non nuclear US proxy states/mercenaries/jihadis
>dump navy. Focus on ground to sea missiles to protect coasts.

Still allow conscription for cultural and health reasons and a way to deal with unemployment.
Never turn the military into a waste basket for drop outs or gun nuts.

Use any savings in the budget to bribe foreign leaders and lobbys to fuck off from the USSR.

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>>32288353
I'd do what >>32290794 said but with an emphasis on developing domestic agriculture so the USSR wouldn't be dependent on Western grain imports.

>>32288353

Shoot half of the local Communist party cronies that wait for nothing but to take apart the SU to get their own mafia states.

Shoot everyone who talks about Perestroika.

Keep the people just dying enough of hunger an' shit, but not too much. Economical crises are inherent in every system, you gotta endure.

Shoot again everyone who talks about lessening the iron grip you have on society and on the Warsaw Pact. Being loved is great, being hated works.

Endure until the 2008 crisis, endure until 2015, enjoy 90% of the Euro states crumbling to dust like you did in the '80ies. Maybe even before, without Poles becoming toilet cleaners in the UK and Eastern Euro whores.

After that, who knows. Bet half of the Euros would pay to live in a world where you get minimum wage for certain, laws work and you don't get overrun by the Chinese or random illegal migrants.

Who knows.

>>32288353
100% counter intelligence and disinformation while investing heavily in economic growth and infrastructure.

Focus on expanding communism.

You can't defend yourself to victory.

>>32288353
Probably pretty poorly